Florida’s DeSantis Waging Toothless Campaign Against Digital Dollars, Lawyers Say
The political movement to use state commerce rules to stop central bank digital currencies is based in legal nonsense...
Tether Says It Will Buy Bitcoin for Stablecoin Reserves Using Realized Profits
The company, which issues the $82 billion USDT stablecoin, reported $1.48 billion of net profits in 2023 Q1 and...
Indian Authorities Asked to Restore Crypto Exchanges’ Access to UPI
An Indian crypto exchange and a policy firm have separately asked the government to let crypto firms access the...
UK Lawmaker Group Clashes With Treasury Over Treating Unbacked Crypto as Gambling
The U.K. Treasury Committee seemingly opposed the government’s proposal to treat crypto as regulated financial activities in a Wednesday...
Coinbase Hasn’t Proven SEC Needs to Create Crypto-Specific Rules, Regulator Says
Coinbase asked a federal appeals court to force the SEC to respond to a petition last month.
U.S. Prosecutors Drop Extortion Charges Against Early Adviser to Ethereum Network
Lawyers for Steven Nerayoff say that, on the day of his arrest, their client was put in a van...
G-7 Finance Ministers Discuss Crypto Regulation Ahead of Japan Summit Next Week
Representatives for the seven advanced economies signaled a commitment to following norms set by standard-setters FSB and IMF on...
Bitcoin Mining Earnings Wrap: Marathon Shares Underperform After New SEC Subpoena
Thursday's reported first-quarter results from miners were a mixed bag.
BlockFi Customers Can Be Repaid $300M Held in Custodial Accounts, Judge Says
A further $375 million that users tried to transfer out of interest-bearing accounts after Nov. 10 still belongs to...
EU Could Veto Large Stablecoins During MiCA Approval Process, Regulator Signals
The European Banking Authority doesn’t want private permissionless crypto initiatives to threaten monetary policy privileges.
Bittrex’s U.S., Maltese Arms Processed $425M in Withdrawals Since April 1, Attorney Says
The company filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week, but says no customer funds were re-used and that liabilities...
SEC Blasted on Custody Proposal by JPMorgan, Crypto Firms and a Fellow Agency
The U.S. securities regulator recently proposed requiring investment advisers to keep customers’ crypto assets with “qualified custodians” and is...
Africa Moves to Lighting, Stablecoins as Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar
Those already using stablecoins and lightning transactions are not affected, but for many in Africa, higher bitcoin fees are...
Crypto Options Liquidity Provider OrBit Markets Offers Bitcoin and Gold-Hybrid Derivative
The company said the product’s finalized payoff will depend on the joint performance of both BTC and its gold-backed...
Craig Wright Shows ‘Prima Facie Evidence’ of Contemptuous Conduct, U.S. Judge Says
The computer scientist who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto is still engaged in a $143 million dispute over bitcoin...
Judge Upholds Freeze on SpartacusDAO’s $35M in Lawsuit Served Via Discord, NFT
The leader of SpartacusDAO is barred from touching $35 million in investor funds until he starts working with the...